irelephant [he/him]🍭 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agoEnd of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?endof10.orgmessage-square139fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down10cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.seprivacy@lemmy.mltechnology@hexbear.netlinux@lemmy.worldpcgaming@lemmy.catechnology@beehaw.orglinux@programming.dev
arrow-up191arrow-down1external-linkEnd of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?endof10.orgirelephant [he/him]🍭 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square139fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.seprivacy@lemmy.mltechnology@hexbear.netlinux@lemmy.worldpcgaming@lemmy.catechnology@beehaw.orglinux@programming.dev
minus-square@User79185@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoMS is for a rude awakening when general populace will not update their hardware with record inflation.
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]🍭OPlinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 months agoPeople will just keep using insecure windows 10 versions.
minus-squareNot a replicantlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoJFC it doesn’t become a honeypot on November 1.
minus-square@TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish7•2 months agoThe general populace isn’t going to switch to Linux. They’re just not. The path of least resistance is to continue using Win10
minus-square@FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.aulinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 months agoJust like they did when every other version of Windows stopped being supported. That’s why Linux has a 70%+ market share on computers right now…….
minus-squareVindictiveJudgelinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoI’ll be doing both with Linux as my primary and Win10 as a compatibility fallback.
minus-square@FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.aulinkfedilinkEnglish7•2 months agoThose people will do what they always do, just keep using it without security updates.
minus-squareNot a replicantlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoBe clear about it - you’ll still get Windows Defender updates, but not patches to the OS or MS applications/Utilities.
MS is for a rude awakening when general populace will not update their hardware with record inflation.
People will just keep using insecure windows 10 versions.
JFC it doesn’t become a honeypot on November 1.
Or, you know, Linux, and be done with the crap
The general populace isn’t going to switch to Linux. They’re just not.
The path of least resistance is to continue using Win10
Just like they did when every other version of Windows stopped being supported. That’s why Linux has a 70%+ market share on computers right now…….
I’ll be doing both with Linux as my primary and Win10 as a compatibility fallback.
Those people will do what they always do, just keep using it without security updates.
Be clear about it - you’ll still get Windows Defender updates, but not patches to the OS or MS applications/Utilities.